welcome back you're watching r.t. coming to you live from moscow let's take a look at the top stories the u.s. charges two reins with allegedly plotting to kill the saudi arabia's ambassador to washington as part of a major terror attack american officials say they are committed to holding iran accountable but tehran rejects the accusations calling them a joke. how mohsen israel strive a long awaited prisoner swap deal that will be jewish soldier a good option and freed in exchange for a work thousand palestinians show he has been held captive for five years.

the russian premier is meeting the chinese leader in beijing or a visit to boost to operation and balance out the financial and political dominance of the west on the first eva the report reached a set of important agreements on energy prices. the asian history and close culture of china remain a mystery to much of the outside world are you so sure now as he speaks with story snags but author and director of an age but china institute intend to find out what lies behind the magic facade. thorson thank you very much for being with us today thank you very much for having me so in your opinion why has china and still remains to greatest mystery for

thinkers and scholars because there's too little interest to get behind the mystery and how something stays a mystery if you don't have enough interest to to open the curtain. there's also you know somebody said the loss of german philosopher said that most people do not want to learn something new but what took at confirmation of something they already believe in and i think that's very much the case in china we have a certain picture of china and i wouldn't exclude myself ten years ago or eleven years ago before i went to china for the first time i had a certain picture of china which was not really matching reality but then it depends on you willing to change the picture or do you stick with what you think how is it changed ten years on for you well. i was thinking the chinese are missed mysterious people you know you can't really trust them and you never know

what they think i felt that the country was much not backwards than it turned out to be. the fact is that the chinese have held still have and still today have kind of an in a sense and also unless once they trust you they embrace you and they really become friends with you and you can criticize a lot you know you can also with chinese politicians we talk a lot of. things in china that are not as they should be. you can be very open but it has to come out of a positive spirit. and not just looking for the negative spots while you're talking about innocence where does that come from north korea and does it have anything to do with the fact that china has been communist for so long. no no i think it has to do with with a structure of having the community first and then the individual that meant you

were always part of something you were part of a family part of a community part of a city part of a province and the country and helping each other being together was part of survival and that's that's when they when you get to know the chinese and when they embrace or they are not ashamed of having or we love you and we admire you and it's so sweet that openness i'm not saying that every chinese is sweet there is a lot of competition there can be very very. fierce fighting but in general they are willing to embrace you and talk about their feelings so is china socialist or capitalist they're fighting or. making their dreams come true and the fight is something sometimes a little fear us because for

a long time they couldn't make their dreams come true they couldn't live the life they wanted and now specially for the generation that's one in the ninety's ninety's who has not lived through all the hard shift and the changes. they really imanpa they can do whatever they want children and that's going to be a new situation in china with a generation that has grown up with communication systems with western with information about everything that you can achieve in life and they're going to fight for achieving that they have goals they want to they want to be the best for your husband john rice that argues that china is a country without ideology do you agree with that it doesn't have any it's in. search for an ideology and i would replace the word there's a lot of search for meaning because. when you are starving making an

income that's enough you know you don't need any other thoughts but once you have your basic income once you can make konami dreams come true to a certain degree. then you realize that's not everything in life and i have a column in china you stated the second largest newspaper and i get a lot of emails in reaction to the column and many of the questions are. you know what is really the sense what's really the meaning of life what can i do that's my life and how can i serve my country that's something that you wouldn't hear from the west so much you know how could i serve my country it's much more how can i so how can the country serve me and that search for meaning for spirit of fulfillment that that we can increasingly feel could be that they are searching for

self identity creation in twenty first century. there are quite communists but now there are so strong economically they are searching for acknowledgement for a position in the world they cannot have enough self-confidence including the china as a as a country they have achieved so much but but they don't really. have to look at themselves and say well what we did flyers right i don't know maybe because they are attacked much more than then acknowledged and it's not that everything is great in china lots of things that we don't agree with us that we need to be in but the west is very much focusing on the failures and on the flaws and i think we. should have a balance that in the park there is a lot of good things and of course they have to work on them also seems to think

china is striving to be number one country in the world to be this huge super power or is it just happening. i i hesitated because he'd been side i think china wants to be the middle kingdom and wants to have to pull session and if one's head that's in the in the in the you know the history of china as really an empire is not out of the chinese head but they are not fighting to dominate the world but they are they are they want to play the role in the world that they are slowly growing into simply syas of qana may the growing size of the economy and by the number of people say i asked your husband whether china was trying to read become an empire and we emerge into an imperialist state because if they're not fighting for it prepare fighting for it economically because

they're building ties with weaker countries. could it be that they will come and cry or that dominates the world by growing economic ties with other countries i don't know whether we're live in the world where you really really wonder can become a. prominent empire like the roman empire and and all the other piles that follow. i don't think it's in this way and also i think that there's quite a ways to go and you know america is a fortune truly an economy and china is still only one zero one fourth of it so there's a ways to go and also you know think of the role that the u.s. plays cultural i mean the influence that this has in the culture of the globe is a much higher one and i think that's one of the things that china is really really has to establish what is its cultural identity in the twenty first century and

when we have a chinese armani when they do not call people the. you know the. when they have. people who stand for a man then one of their own. which let's say and i'm not very good on the on the pope band so you know what i mean they they have to create the chinese plan the cultural leadership that still is in the hands of the u.s. in many ways but right now china owns about one third of the u.s. foreign tax and dollar is at a very situation i mean people are even talking they could devalue the future. what is the smartest way out of this impasse for china i think you know economists are correlated or are having different opinions so i really would not claim that i have

the answer to that it would also have found a solid ground and then rise because it's not that the capacity of the u.s. is gone the capacity is still there and the chinese are very smart gap to the situation and invest with let's say weakening dollar or not so i think they they're going to work it out and they're smart enough to do so also no question china is more and more assertive in the south china sea if you think china is a country that actually could envisage a conflict now it's a book but it wouldn't i mean it's too smart to you can't win wars anymore so why would china really start a war which would be destructive for trying for itself so while there is a lot of posturing on the political side economically you know it's it's much too much integrated to really start a war on either side so you know there's posturing there's

a lot of. posturing because of internal reasons to show strengths to. it's people thought but you know we don't we don't think that's quite a thing in china strategies for russia they've been very good friends some they've been not so good friends so i think they are seeking an alliance they are seeking a. very close neighbor so i think china in general wants to optimize relationships whether it's russia or america or europe or a surprise that thank you very much for this and trying to. discover if.

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on. the bass there to washington it's part of a major terror and tap american officials say they're committed to holding iran accountable but iran rejects the accusations calling them a joke. among us and israel strike out a long awaited prisoner swap deal that will see jew or soldier gilad schalit freed in exchange for over a thousand palestinians charlie has been held captive for five years. the russian premier is meeting the chinese leader in beijing on a visit to both cooperation and balance out of financial and political dominance of the west birthday by the word wouldn't reached

a settlement for an agreement on an acute crisis. that's what headlines here in our view back to top the hour with more of the meantime andrew will bring us the latest from the world of sports. hello good morning good to have you company and these are the headlines six of the best russia qualify for next summer's european championships to the six nil thrashing of one dollar. round scraped past balls needed to reach the finals as denmark stung portugal's book their place. and gearing up late cool up jose did and stephen don't pump on with the new zealand squad ahead of their current semifinal with rival to strike at the rugby world cup. now russia have booked their place in the euro twenty twelve championship sarka thumping six no win over and door in moscow the host of the damage in the first half as they scored for without and

there's a goal of grabbing a brace and then they added seymour in the second forty five minutes watching it with richard brown poor thing. russia only needs the points coming into van clash on dora for the whole country was expecting much much more from to complicate side a fatal call in what is officially the world's joint worst sign eight. hundred fifty thousand fans who turned out to watch it and didn't have to wait long the first goals of the challenge avoid letting his second goal in as many games of the national side after only five minutes the hosts rick ross about their opponents some would double barely midway through the heart to say good night share which got the slightest touches the undershirt in st kate canada the russians one fish to get only one ones by more than a single goal in this qualification campaign but they wouldn't term and when that run against van doren and little man probably change limited free on thirty minutes

to avoid continued his rich vein of form the twenty one year old scoring a fine goal on the stroke of half time to take his tally to fourth of the national scene. of the unsurprisingly the hosts eased off in the second half however these were should call funtime to score his first ever goal for his country so great to score five nil from substitute junior billiard deneuve was making a rare appearance she competes of a rival perhaps with goal of the knights fields on the field or picking the ball up for round twenty metres sounds a bit of well time left foot shows which gave the visitors keeper no chance jubilation to russians on the genie's crucial call thank you crown this win with his first set a goal and he was happy to give the fans a performance to savor. everyone is over the moon at the moment we played really well today and it's nice to give the fans something to cheer about a lot of supporters came out to cheer us on today and the coach said it was time we started scoring more goals for them russia had dominated every match they played in

this qualification campaign and igor some show of was delighted but his signs to win for him to be a second time one woman. one goal and get a clearer point group. but it was nice to start finding the back of the net we've played well throughout the group like when we drew here with harlem's nil nil when we lost against slovakia but we weren't able to score don't look on our side tonight. campaigners in the mind of russia managed to win a qualification greeted the first time it became a matter of hard work starts start showing us around eight months for the kerry side of euro two thousand and twelve finals in poland and ukraine if russia completely can't see moscow. well afterwards take out the car said he was relieved russia did not have to enter the playoffs and reveal that same would not prepare for a friendly but he criticised some clubs for being reluctant and letting their place turn out for the national side. is that.

so hopefully the owners are happy as well sometimes there are some doubts about it because we can play to find images next week's game in the world from some owners so i don't understand that was the way they think because i think they have to think about the mission because it's very important so we are willing to think about the clubs well so we only play one one game and hopefully don't they are happy but for really be against it's obvious he wanted to play much tougher opposition and friends you could bring recently against likes to run it on a disrespect to bend the opposition with a secure is going to be much tougher so you know in prison we know. already but we still get the call from asians more so i can also fourteen business knows no zero point. i'm still concerned richard found the whole phrase that said this is great be finished russia solved by all and you go into the playoffs i'll be expensive on

me after beating them seeing one entails that. i think there are many many games he's won the best in the group who are sort of. going to be taken in. first and put us into a great twenty zero. zero blows the. we believe. is this information from when you fly well elsewhere france top their group after a draw against calls near who needed big three in paris to qualify automatically adding jacko had given it given the business is the lead there with a great strike in the first half but the late summer energy penalty in france a point to send them to the european championships for bosnia he never qualified for a major tournament and the playoffs so let's have

a look at all the teams that have qualified joining hoshi crane on trial and are russia and france england to denmark have met made it after beating portugal two one in a winner takes all encounter last night to top grief by each was sweden st to win over the netherlands who already qualified meant they gave three is the best runner up greece put their place with a three one victory over georgia also that defending champion spain who beat scotland three one yesterday to end scottish playoff hopes germany kept one hundred percent recordings repaid between belgium three one this one a group rounding off their campaign the premier when i read northern ireland so like things are in the playoffs as we mentioned they include ireland portugal and bosnia plus two sittings to eat meat azerbaijan one meal last night estonia made the list courtesy is the rain is two one win over serbia in crete say the czechs but bad place with a full on win in lithuania all gray should be glad to see you know to go into the heart of thursday's draw along with montenegro despite that you know the three to

switzerland other matches are able to legs and a shuttle from november eleventh and twelfth return game on the fifteenth of november. meanwhile fifa general secretary jerome valcke has been on a visit to russia to check on the nation's progress for the twenty eight seen world cup it might be just under seven years until the competition kicks off here but there's just one year to go until russia last nine eleven cities and twelve stadiums which will house sports biggest tournament and the country's sports minister is confident about russia's preparations so far. russia was given the right to host the world cup we've had a little meetings and consultations with people only do six budgeting branding and other important issues concerning the world cup it's quite basic need it was cities we stadiums public transport or. local transport there was

a national domestic transport between the cities. and you have to ensure that all these different groups of people the media the officials the players and the fans they can enjoy the country during the period of the world cup. now over in england the future of london's olympic stadium is once again in the balance west ham united football club bidding to take it over after the games next summer but there deal fell through over legal disputes the championship side of value to continue their bid but the stadium remains in public ownership and as a new tendering process begins fears about that that the flagship venue could stay empty yes. let's move to tennis and reach you to soon of has lined up a meeting the second seed andy murray in the second round of the shanghai masters following the russians hard for when i last week's win and mary received the fines in the second round with the soon off had to make it the hard way he came from

a set down to knock out brazil's thomas baluchi after two hours and forty five minutes on court andy roddick is to reach around three ten seed american had to battle back from a breakdown and save the second point in the second set before breaking ball gave the goal to be dropped i love to close out the match it was a tight one seven six seven five makes up for him spain's nicolas almagro. and america's top man at the moment mardy fish was sent packing the fifth seed throwing away a one state lead to go out in three sets straight up and come out bernard tomic four six six one six four the way it ended it was a second top ten skull tom aged ten day shy of turning nineteen year old to be brought in so doing during his dream run to the quarter finals she has been with. while former world number three david nalbandian went crashing out to florian may in straight sets the german number fifteen seed converted the first of his three match points and is now in vying to play. the. mean time thank you

tara bitch became the biggest casualty serbia's number two was seeded ninth in shanghai but when she asked if we can allow the spaniard prevailing in both tiebreakers to win just two out. of the rugby world cup france have named an unchanged side for saturday semifinal with wales in all clear and coach mark livermore will keep the same side to beat england in the last day moving again starting his flyhalf france of lost at the semifinal stage at the last two world cups but believe their experience team will see them through this time between them a place of six hundred eighty seven caps and also a good record against the welsh. having only lost once in the last seven meetings. the new zealand will face the strain of the other semifinal and spend the day in the gym on tuesday among them was new flyhalf stephen donald who's come in after an injury to collin slade himself was called up as cover for the injured dan carter

and winger who say gears also arrived after moves mariana suffered a broken shoulder in that quarter final win over argentina. so that's all the sport for the moment more and so you are stuck.

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